Environmental Activism in the Architectural Culture of Socialist Yugoslavia: The Case of the Center for Urban Development Planning (CEP)

This article explores transfers of ideas and environmental practices that developed or circulated in late socialist Yugoslavia in the 1970s and 1980s. Case studies of alternative models for environmental initiatives in architectural and urban practices are explored to contest a historical narrative...

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Main Author: Jasna Galjer
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Ministère de la culture 2023-04-01
Series:Les Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/craup/12056
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description This article explores transfers of ideas and environmental practices that developed or circulated in late socialist Yugoslavia in the 1970s and 1980s. Case studies of alternative models for environmental initiatives in architectural and urban practices are explored to contest a historical narrative of environmental activism that claims it is underpinned by Western democratic political conditions. The research is based on a comparative analysis of documents and period sources about the activities, which ranged from self-organized exhibitions to architecture and urban-design competitions. Thus, the article examines how these strategies of environmental mobilization contributed to shifts in the highly formalized politics of urban planning prevalent at that time. This article therefore examines political and cultural factors, as well as the dynamics underpinning dialogues, critiques, and collaborative practices as part of a general movement to humanize the transition as a condition of the late-socialist society. This article challenges conventional models of interpreting relations between local and global architectural culture by bringing its multilayered transfers under the spotlight.
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Environmental Activism in the Architectural Culture of Socialist Yugoslavia: The Case of the Center for Urban Development Planning (CEP)
Les Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère
Environmental Paradigms
Architectural Culture
Knowledge Exchange
Community Architecture
Participatory Urban Practice
title Environmental Activism in the Architectural Culture of Socialist Yugoslavia: The Case of the Center for Urban Development Planning (CEP)
title_full Environmental Activism in the Architectural Culture of Socialist Yugoslavia: The Case of the Center for Urban Development Planning (CEP)
title_fullStr Environmental Activism in the Architectural Culture of Socialist Yugoslavia: The Case of the Center for Urban Development Planning (CEP)
title_full_unstemmed Environmental Activism in the Architectural Culture of Socialist Yugoslavia: The Case of the Center for Urban Development Planning (CEP)
title_short Environmental Activism in the Architectural Culture of Socialist Yugoslavia: The Case of the Center for Urban Development Planning (CEP)
title_sort environmental activism in the architectural culture of socialist yugoslavia the case of the center for urban development planning cep
topic Environmental Paradigms
Architectural Culture
Knowledge Exchange
Community Architecture
Participatory Urban Practice
url https://journals.openedition.org/craup/12056
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